• Games Will Improve China's Human Rights, Says Olympic Committee

  The Olympics will bring improvement to China’s human rights situation, International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said on Wednesday.

• China Aid Urges Bush to Give Religious Freedom More Priority for Hu's Visit

  A Texas-based religious persecution monitor group expressed hopes that Bush would put religious freedom the first priority in his discussions with the Chinese president.

• First Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit in the U.S. Debuts

  Fragments of the past link Christianity with its Jewish heritage at a traveling exhibit for the Dead Sea Scrolls at a Jewish cultural center in the U.S city of Cleveland, Ohio.

• Afghan President Pleased with Christian Convert's Release

  Afghan president Hamid Karzai says he is pleased with decision to release Christian convert, and that judiciary officials showed proper restraint. Abdul Rahman, arrested in March on apostasy charges,

• Pope Benedict Says 'Look Ahead' After Commemoration

  Pope Benedict XVI announced it was time for the Catholic Church to 'look ahead' at the memorial mass for John Paul II.